State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Florida vs Louisiana
Environmental Engineers in Louisiana earn a median of $130,510. In Florida, $116,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.6% — not 10.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-10.5%
Florida vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
-23.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $116,840
- p25
- $75,570
- p75
- $146,960
- p10
- $57,240
- p90
- $154,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
Louisiana
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $130,510
- p25
- $99,490
- p75
- $171,630
- p10
- $76,500
- p90
- $201,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.